#BeyondFriday

Things are different these days. With no pubs or cinemas open we have to find new and inventive ways to entertain ourselves. One of my faves is #BeyondFriday A group of likeminded individuals watch a film separately but talk about it together on twitter using the aforementioned hashtag. A hashtag that came around because the first film was Stuart Gordon's gloriously demented From Beyond and it was shown on a friday.

So far we've had From Beyond, The Hitcher, Bloodsport, Demolition Man, Roadhouse, Extreme Prejudice, Next Of Kin, Rawhead Rex and tonight's film is John Woo's 1993 masterpiece Hard Target. Yes, you might be sensing a tone. Nothing hoighty toity here, just brilliant cult classics. Most of us watching have seen the films before but if you haven't it's a fine way to be introduced to a film you're guaranteed to enjoy. Plus if you've seen them before, watching them with a likeminded crowd gives you a new point of view, points out things you haven't seen before. It's kind of cool, like going to the pub after the cinema for a chat about what you've just seen.

It's the little things that keep you sane.